Literacy Books

Ushbu monografiya jahon urushlarining jahon adabiyoti rivojiga ko`rsatgan ta'sirini ikki millat asarlari asosida o`rganishga o`z e'tiborini qaratgan. Bunda ingliz va o`zbek yozuvchilarining urush voqealariga bo`lgan munosabati va ularning asarlarida...

Rohinton Mistry's novels are thought provoking, captivating and uniquely uncommon in subject matter. He delves into the psyche of his characters and unravels questions of identity, race, religion, nationality, ambiguity, acceptance, rejection and so much...

La prevalencia del inglés como vehículo de la transmisión del conocimiento ha hecho surgir diversas publicaciones sobre el inglés aplicado a entornos profesionales en los últimos años. El presente libro, centrado en las destrezas de lectura y escritura...

Although new historical scholarship on trauma has expressed great interest in exploring the role of metaphor and modernist figurative language in writing about trauma, there has so far been relatively little systematic scrutiny of the links between...

This is the story of Maggie, in Tennessee Williams'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Since several differentversions of Maggie exist on page, stage and screen,this essay investigates the step by step changes andimprovements in the shaping of one of the...

The Woman Question served as a catalyst in Kate Chopin's, Nella Larsen's, and Willa Cather's portrayal of the eroticized female body. The question evolved, in part, from Herbert Spencer's 1873 article "Psychology of the Sexes" and centered around...

The American Dream Reconsidered addresses readers of Shakespearean and American literature alike. This study aims to re-position William Shakespeare's The Tempest in world literature, using and re-interpreting Leo Marx's thesis that The Tempest may be...

This book investigates the complex genesis of the play printed in the Shakespeare First Folio of 1623 as 'The first Part of Henry the Sixt'. It begins by anchoring the present volume in the wider context of authorship theory and attribution studies...

Many second language learners encounter challenges involved with acquiring the level of proficiency required to use the language as the medium of learning. The case studies in this volume explore the processes by which some English Language Learners...

Steal the Street is a collection of short articles focused on gentrification, public space, and community voice. The articles were written for Streetvibes, a street paper in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 2015 through 2019. The focus of Streetvibes is...

This must-read book for all literacy educators illuminates the intersection of research on literacy instruction and teacher evaluation. Since 2009, 46 states have changed or revised policies related to evaluating teachers and school leaders. In order for...

Offering a unique, data-led, evidence-based approach to reflective practice in English language teaching, this book brings together theory, research and practice in an accessible way to demonstrate what reflective practice looks like and how it is...

Taking a critical approach that considers the role of power, and resistance to power, in teachers' affective lives, Sarah Benesch examines the relationship between English language teaching and emotions in postsecondary classrooms. The exploration takes...

Through analysis of case studies of young children (ages 3 to 8 years), situated in different geographic, cultural, linguistic, political, and socioeconomic sites on six continents, this book examines the interplay of childhoods, schooling, and,...

Writers of the English Renaissance, like their European contemporaries, frequently reflect on the phenomenon of exile-an experience that forces the individual to establish a new personal identity in an alien environment. Although there has been much...

At the heart of this inquiry into the ethical implications of education reform on reading practices in middle and secondary classrooms, the central question is what is lost, hidden, or marginalized in the name of progress? Drawing on her own experiences...

Focused on the teaching and learning argumentative writing in grades 9-12, this important contribution to literacy education research and classroom practice offers a new perspective, a set of principled practices, and case studies of excellent teaching...

Institutiones Linguae Graecae est opus Clenardi, Nicolai, quod anno MDXLIX editum est. Hoc libro, Clenardus methodum docendi Graecam linguam exhibet, quae adhuc in scholis Christianis utitur. Libellus constat ex quinque partibus, quae omnes elementa...

This book studies thoroughly the peculiarities of using poetry in teaching English as a foreign language, emphasizing the most important issues and aspects the teacher has to take into account in his pedagogic activity. It overviews the phenomenon of...

This is a short story about Phil Spector. Phil Spector was one of the most enigmatic people that ever walked on planet earth. In musical terms he was in this writer's opinion and many musical experts an absolute genius, and he composed music for...

This poetry contains 218 beautiful modern poems in Chinese authored by Dr. Wenbo Sun, for love, natural scenery, life, politics, and Chinese culture, etc. It's an expression of the feeling of an immigrant to his home country, a description of the life in...

Current, comprehensive, and authoritative, this text gives language teachers and researchers, both a set of conceptual tools with which to think and talk about creativity in language teaching and a wealth of practical advice about principles and...

How can teachers ensure a pedagogy of possibility underpinned by social justice, and what has literacy got to do with this? This book explores the positive synergies between critical literacy and place-conscious pedagogy. Through rich classroom research...

Shifting the discourse from a focus on academic language to the more dynamic but less researched construct of academic literacies, this volume addresses three key questions: • What constitutes academic literacy? • What does academic literacy development...

Taking a close look at the forces that affect English education in schools-at the ways literature, cognitive science, the privileging of the STEM disciplines, and current educational policies are connected-this timely book counters with a strong argument...

Countering the increased standardization of English language arts instruction requires recognizing and fostering students' unique identity construction across different social and cultural contexts. Drawing on current sociocultural theories of identity...

David Nunan's dynamic learner-centered teaching style has informed and inspired countless TESOL educators around the world. In this fresh, straightforward introduction to teaching English to speakers of other languages he presents teaching techniques and...

English today is a global language embedded in a great variety of social contexts, resulting in linguistic and pedagogical variation. Taking a new look at the teaching and assessing of English as an international language (EIL), this text highlights...

Through stories of youth using their many voices in and out of school to explore and express their ideas about the world, this book brings to the forefront the reality of lived literacy experiences of adolescents in today's culture in which literacy...

Rebel Literacy is a look at Cuba's National Literacy Campaign of 1961 in historical and global contexts. The Cuban Revolution cannot be understood without a careful study of Cuba's prior struggles for national sovereignty. Similarly, an understanding of...

COMMUNITY LITERACY JOURNAL 16.1 (Fall 2021) | The journal understands "community literacy" as the domain for literacy work that exists outside of mainstream educational and work institutions. It can be found in programs devoted to adult education, early...

A volume in Adult Education Special Topics: Theory, Research,and Practice in Lifelong LearningSeries Editor: Kathleen P. King, Fordham UniversityThis unique volume of writings by educators in the field working with women's literacy reveals the many ways...

Pro(se)letariets documents through memoir, poetry, and fiction a two year conversation held between working class writers in Syracuse, New York, and the Federation of Worker Writers and Community Publishers, United Kingdom, on how class background...

El Prontuario Orthologi-Graphico Trilingue En Que Se Ensena A Pronunciar, Escribir, Y Letrear Correctamente, En Latin, Castellano, Y Catalan (1742) escrito por Pedro Martyr Angles es un libro que ense�����a a pronunciar, escribir y deletrear...

Blast Off to Reading! is designed for children, ages 7-13, who are reading below grade level. This is for children who have dyslexia, speech delays, auditory processing disorder (APD), and other learning difficulties.This multisensory, Orton-Gillingham...

The well-known Giriraj Govt Degree College, Nizamabad, is situated in South Telangana and provides degree programs in Urdu. Teachers and research experts from universities around the nation gave presentations in a national conference titled "Urdu Culture...

L'anglais est devenu un mode de communication majeur. Il a une grande influence sur la vie politique, sociale, économique et culturelle de l'Inde. Il est utilisé dans l'administration, le système judiciaire, l'éducation et même à des fins littéraires en...

Feminism goes beyond advocating for women's rights and examines all aspects of life to identify oppressive elements. It recognizes women as a social category and aims for liberation, making it a political concept. Feminist literature reflects these...

Research across a number of disciplines has in recent years contributed to a rapidly developing knowledge and understanding of the cross-cultural transformation and reception of children's literature. This book gathers together essays published during...

This volume, Research Methods in Language, offers an overview of the wide range of methodological approaches to language and education across the axes of micro and macro-linguistic and social levels of analysis, as well as the...

This volume surveys the research on discourse and education, adopting the broadest definition of 'discource'. • Discourse as 'talk-in-interaction', commonly espoused in studies of classroom discourse since the 1970s. •...

This volume on Ecology of Language presents chapters on ecologies of language , literacy and learning. The subject of language ecology is diversity within socio-political settings where the processes of language use create,...

Kevin DiBacco's "Limericks: History, Humor, and How-To" presents a thorough examination of the limerick as both an art form and practical tool. The book traces the evolution of these five-line verses from their medieval monastic roots through Irish pub...

This book delves into the intriguing question of why certain types of literacy research gain more traction than others in educational settings, irrespective of the quality of the research or the efforts of the researchers.

This book presents a range of perspectives on the way language, diversity and identity are reflected in New Zealand children's literature, based on the published research of Nicola Daly.

Instill a love of poetry in your classroom with the illuminating and inviting lessons from Teach This Poem. Co-published with the Academy of American Poets, the leading champion of poets and poetry in the US, this book is an accessible entry-point to...

Academic success for African American boys' in Special Education is frequently elusive as the United States continues to endure the legacy of academic discrimination (Blanchett, 2010; Skiba et al., 2008). Consequently, educational policies have not fully...

In the 21st century, information literacy emerges as the cornerstone of educational development. Despite its paramount significance, a stark reality persists - students often traverse the corridors of academia without acquiring essential information...